Stories

Fighting The Wrong Fires

Number

28026

Subject

Wildfire

Source

Oregon Public Broadcasting

State

Oregon

Year

2018

Publication Date

Summary

OPB’s science and environment team spent a year analyzing government data, reviewing scientific literature and interviewing more than 100 people to find out why firefighting costs have soared and why, 30 years after its scientists first raised red flags, the U.S. Forest Service continues to risk lives and waste millions of dollars fighting fires it doesn't need to fight.